Improvement in cotton and hay-presses



NA PETERS, FHOTO-LITMOGRAPHER. WASHINGTON, D C.

itat-ted States @atout @filtra JAMES G CUMMINGS, Oliv COLUMBUS, MISSISSIPPI.

'Laim PatemN0.1o4,936, dazed my 5, 1870.

The Schedule referred to in these Letter! Patent and making Pm of the Fame' To all whom it may concern.

Be it known that I, JAMES G. CUMMINGs,of Columbus, in the county of Lowndes and in the State of Mississippi, have invented a new and useful Improvement in Cotton and Hay-Presses; and do hereby declare that the following description, taken in connec tion with the accompanying drawing, hereinafter referred to, forms afull and exact specilication ofthe same,

wherein I have set forth the nature and principles of my saidimprovement, by which my invention may be distinguished from others of a similar class, together with such parts as I claim and desirel to secure by Letters Patent.

My invention relates to that class of apparatus or machines made use of for pressing cotton or hay; and v The nature thereof consists in certain modifications in the details and improvements in the construction of theA same, hereinafter described and shown in the accompanying drawing,'which illustrates my invention and forms a part of the specification thereof.

Figure 1 is aview in perspective of the frame of the press, and i v Figure 2 illustrates the box or car in which the cotton is pressed.

The construction, operation,`and relative arrangement of the component parts of my invention are as follows:

A designates the frame of the p ress, provided with the screw B, follower O, and bed-plate D, which, be-

iu'g devices of the ordinary form, and operated in the usual manner, need not be more fully described.

The box or receiver E is rmly secured within the n frame F, and is provided with movable doors or panels, G and H.

.The panels G are held in position by means of .cleats attached to their outer sides, the ends of whichlfit in slots out for their reception in the frame, and prevented from yielding to lateral pressure by the longitudinal bars I, which are transversely bound together by the cross-bolts K.

The end doors H are hinged to the upper part of ted apertures cnt in the sides G, are then removed, and the .box E is filled with cotton and run over the rails M until it reaches a position cliainetrically under the follower O.

' Power is then applied, and the cotton is forced down by the said follower until it occupies a position belowthe apertures R.

The cylindrical bars P are then run through the said apertures and grooves S, cut in the bottom of the said follower.

Having been thus passed entirely through the box, the said bars are held in position and prevented from being forced upward by means of -the cleats T and T',

pivoted to the frame, the operation of which is ren- -dered clearly obvious by the drawing.

The box E is then withdrawn upon the rails M?, and, being lled with cotton, is again run under the follower, and the operation above described again repeated.

' To facilitate the rapid pressing-of the cotton, I make use of the double tracks M M', which cross each other in the manner illustrated, and forni a junction beneath the follower O, in such a manner that, when one box or car is being filled with cotton, another is being subjected to-pressur'e, and rice versa.

When the cotton has been sufficiently pressed, the longitudinal bars I and clamp-bars K are removed, and the panels G and H opened, so that the bales can be bound in the usual manner. Y

Having thus described the.construction and opemtion of my invention, I will indicate what I claim and desire to secure by Letters Patent, in the following clauses:

I claiml. In combination with the frame of a press for pressing cotton or hay, the double track M M', the

railsof which form a junction beneath the ollowcr of the press, for the purpose of allowing two car-boxes to be used alternately, as described.

2.- In combination with the box E, provided with 

